Friendship and working together are spotlighted. Included: a Spy Meerkat babysits meerkat pups while a Spy Cobra pretends to attack the mob; and Spy Crocs document a convenient partnership between crocodiles and birds.

Friendship and working together are spotlighted. Included: a Spy Meerkat babysits meerkat pups while a Spy Cobra pretends to attack the mob; and Spy Crocs document a convenient partnership between crocodiles and birds.

It won't -- quite -- knock Attenborough off his god-spot, though much of the filming was equally winning. But the insights vouchsafed us, by the simple premise of animatronic spycams disguised as wee beasties, were truly remarkable.